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BCH 102

Course Meetings



08/29 | 08/31 | 09/02 | 09/05 | 09/07| 09/09 | 09/12 | 09/14 | 09/16 | 09/19 | 09/21 | 09/23 | 09/26 | 09/28 | 09/30 | 10/03 | 10/05 | 10/07 | 10/10 | 10/12 | 10/14 | 10/17 | 10/19 | 10/21 | 10/24 | 10/26 | 10/28 | 10/31 | 11/02 | 11/04 | 11/07 | 11/09 | 11/11 | 11/14 | 11/16 | 11/18 | 11/21 | 11/23 | 11/25 | 11/28 | 11/30 | 12/02 | 12/05 | 12/07 | 12/09 | Finals week



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Lesson
Assignment
08/29
Setting Expectations
Intros/Syllabus/assignments
Voices from the past
meet in MCHS 2205

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Lesson
Assignment
08/31
Course tools/Wiki how-to
Intro to CLUE Assignment
sherry-adaptation12/Culture-Discourse-College Life|Culture/Discourse/College Life
Finish wiki personal page
CLUE assignment Step 1:
Take 3 photos of dorm room decorations (e.g., doors, spaces)
(Note: use your cell phone; alternatively, drawings or notes are fine)
Take 5 time diaries: ask students what they did (and how much time they spent on each activity) over the last 24 hours.
(Note: you can use your cellphone for this, too, by texting the question to friends who are college students; or you can ask hall/house mates)
What do the data you collect suggest to you about college life?
Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

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Lesson
Assignment
09/02
Dorm life
Response model
A closer look
Groupwork
For 9/7
My Freshman Year 1-40
and
On Ethnography 1-26
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.


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Lesson
Assignment
09/05
No class:
Labor Day
For 9/7
My Freshman Year 1-40
and
On Ethnography1-26

Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

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Lesson
Assignment
09/07
Short video with explanations of upcoming assignments
Unable to display content. Adobe Flash is required.
For 9/9:
CLUE assignment Step 1b:
Do the same as you did before, but this time for another cultural group/setting (e.g., a space within a school, like a classroom; the women's center; the Moose Exchange)
Take photos/observations of the decoration and arrangement of the spaces
Take time diaries and find out how people spend time during a typical day.
What do the data you collect suggest to you about the literacy practices of this particular group? Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

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Lesson
Assignment
09/09
No class due to weather conditions
No class due to weather conditions

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Lesson
Assignment
09/12
No class due to weather conditions
No class due to weather conditions

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Lesson
Assignment
09/14
No class due to weather conditions
No class due to weather conditions


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Lesson
Assignment
09/16
No class due to weather conditions
My Freshman Year 41-66
and
On Ethnography 27-47
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Participate in online discussion here:
http://www.aypwip.org/webnote/Lit%252526Soc0916
CLUE assignment Step 2a (I know this has been hard to complete because you were off campus; for this reason, I've moved this back to allow you to complete on Saturday/Sunday/Monday)
Spend at least half an hour in a public space on campus (like a dining hall, cafe, or common room): map the space, and note what people do in different parts of it for how long.
What does the data you collect suggest to you about college life?
Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

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Lesson
Assignment
09/19
Discussion
Writing/Editing practice:
Arranging evidence
The 3 INs
CLUE assignment Step 2b:
Spend at least half an hour in a public space associated with another cultural group/setting (like a classroom, or a movie theater lobby) map the space, and note what people do in different parts of it for how long.
What does the data you collect suggest to you about the literacy practices of that community?
Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

Date (back to top)
Lesson
Assignment
09/21
Warm-up
Groupwork:
Public space
Interview Qs
My Freshman Year 67-89
and
On Ethnography 68-82
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

Date (back to top)
Lesson
Assignment
09/23
Discussion:
CLUE assignment Step 3a:
Interview 2 people "unlike you" using questions we developed.
What does the data you collect suggest to you about college life?
Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

Date (back to top)
Lesson
Assignment
09/26
Groupwork:
How Others See Us
"Community/ies" at Bloomsburg
CLUE assignment Step 3b:
Interview 2 people "unlike you" (local elementary school students or teachers; sports team members; Harry Potter fans using questions you develop.
What does the data you collect suggest to you about the literacy practices of that community?
Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

Date (back to top)
Lesson
Assignment
09/28
Groupwork
Discussion
CLUE assignment draft due 10/03;
post draft to a new page and link to your personal page; bring 3 copies to class for peer review

Date (back to top)
Lesson
Assignment
09/30
Intro to Peer Review
Revisit Assignment, rubric

Video model: Getting a CLUE about Peer Review
CLUE assignment draft due 10/03;
post draft to a new page and link to your personal page; bring 3 copies to class for peer review

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Lesson
Assignment
10/03
Peer Review
Using a Writer's Revision Sheet
CLUE due 10/10


Date (back to top)
Lesson
Assignment
10/05
Transition/Intro to EAR assignment
Purpose
Audience
Genre
Engagement
Step 1 of the EAR assignment:
Into what other genre, or type of communication, might you transform the results of your CLUE assignment for an incoming BU student/a new member of your chosen literacy community? Find 3 examples of this genre (e.g., a flyer, a brochure, a letter): what makes them good or not good? Use them to make your own example of that genre; post your 3 models, your criteria, and your transformation to a new page and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
CLUE due 10/10

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Lesson
Assignment
10/07
What Every College Student Needs to Know
Group
CLUE due 10/10


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Lesson
Assignment
10/10
Writing/Editing practice:
Genre conventions

Technique:CRAP
Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity
Group 1 - On "Cultural Literacy"
http://ww.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v1n4/homepage.html
http://educationnext.org/e-d-hirsch-and-civic-education/

Group 2 - On "Social Processes"



Group 3 - On "Ways of Thinking"
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/welleducated.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxLCtADvCik&feature=related

Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

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Lesson
Assignment
10/12
Three purposes of education Jigsaw
Debate: New General Education Plan
"Claiming an Education" Adrienne Rich

Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

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Lesson
Assignment
10/14
Discussion: Claiming an Education
Step 2 of the EAR assignment:
Into what other genre, or type of communication, might you transform the results of your CLUE assignment for an family/faculty memer or an experienced member of your chosen literacy community? Find 3 examples of this genre (e.g., a flyer, a brochure, a letter): what makes them good or not good? Use them to make your own example of that genre; post your 3 models, your criteria, and your transformation to a new page and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

Date (back to top)
Lesson
Assignment
10/17
Groupwork
What a college degree means to employers
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.


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Lesson
Assignment
10/19
Discussion
Step 3 of the EAR assignment:
Into what other genre, or type of communication, might you transform the results of your CLUE assignment for an a potential employer or an outsider to your chosen literacy community? Find 3 examples of this genre (e.g., a flyer, a brochure, a letter), and use them to consider how you might make your own example of that genre; post your 3 models and your ideas about this transformation to a new page and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

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Lesson
Assignment
10/21
Groupwork
Discussion
Education Satires
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

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Lesson
Assignment
10/24
Meet in MCHS 3234
Discussion: Satire/Remix
Writing/Editing practice: Remix

Online publishing: Formatpixel

Word Clouds: Wordle example

Image Editors: Picnik, Gimp example
and Image Annotation: VoiceThread

Video Editors:
Online, iMovie, MovieMaker: example
and Video Annotation: Viddler

Audio editors: Myna, Audacity, example
Free sound effects:
http://www.grsites.com/sounds/ and http://www.a1freesoundeffects.com/

Comic Creators
Step 4 of the EAR assignment:
Into what other genre, or type of communication, might you transform the results of your CLUE assignment as satire? Find 3 examples of satires, and use them to consider how you might make your own example of that genre; post your 3 models and your ideas about this transformation to a new page and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues (one directly above you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

Date (back to top)
Lesson
Assignment
10/26
Group: Synthesis
One mode, different genres
Genres change (convention & variation)

Group task: synthesis
EAR assignment draft due 10/31;
Make sure to post models, criteria, and drafts;
Bring 3 copies of drafts to class

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Lesson
Assignment
10/28
Discussion of synthesis
Packaging and reflection on your project
EAR assignment draft due 10/31;
Make sure to post models, criteria, and drafts;
Bring 3 copies of drafts to class

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Lesson
Assignment
10/31
Peer review
EAR assignment due 11/14
Make sure to post models, criteria, and drafts
Buy Lit Circles Books for 11/09

Date (back to top)
Lesson
Assignment
11/02
Smart moves from EAR
EAR assignment due 11/14
Make sure to post models, criteria, and drafts
Buy Lit Circles Books for 11/09

Date (back to top)
Lesson
Assignment
11/04
Intro to TELL Intro to Lit Circles
Inspirational video (Why TELLing your story is important)
TELL assignment Step 1:
What do you believe is the purpose of a college education?
What does it mean to be educated?
What experiences have you had with education that led you to this belief?
Post your response to a new page and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues (one directly above you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

Buy Lit Circles Books for 11/09
EAR assignment due 11/14

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Lesson
Assignment
11/07
Individual Work:
Where I'm From poems and Showing/Telling Details
"This I Believe" podcasts/essays
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

EAR assignment due 11/14

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Lesson
Assignment
11/09
Discussion

Lit Circle Groups meet to set schedule
TELL Step 2:
Choose 3 artifacts/moments that represent your past (before college), your present (at college), and your (imagined) future (after college): Tell the story of these three moments in specific scenes with telling details. Post draft to new page and link to personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues (one directly above you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

EAR assignment due 11/14
Prepare for Lit Circles1 11/16

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Lesson
Assignment
11/11
Multiple Intelligences: Knowing yourself as a learner
Groupwork: Artifacts of Education
Prepare for Lit Circles1 11/16

Date (back to top)
Lesson
Assignment
11/14
Discussion
Prepare for Lit Circles1 11/16
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

Date (back to top)
Lesson
Assignment
11/16
Lit Circles 1
TELL Step 3:
How will you link together the three artifacts/stories you have chosen to TELL about your past, present, and future education? What "repetend" or linking mechanism might you use (e.g., a theme? song lyrics? genre?)
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues (one directly above you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

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Lesson
Assignment
11/18
Groupwork
TELL draft due 11/30

Date (back to top)
Lesson
Assignment
11/21
Discussion
The Notebook
Writing/Editing practice:
Character/Point of view
TELL draft due 11/30
Prepare for Lit Circles2
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

Date (back to top)
Lesson
Assignment
11/23
No class
Thanksgiving
TELL draft due 11/30
Prepare for Lit Circles2
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

Date (back to top)
Lesson
Assignment
11/25
No class
Thanksgiving
TELL draft due 11/30
Prepare for Lit Circles2
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

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Lesson
Assignment
11/28
Lit Circles 2
TELL draft due 11/30

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Lesson
Assignment
11/30
Peer Review
TELL due 12/07
Prepare for Lit Circles3
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

Date (back to top)
Lesson
Assignment
12/02
Lit Circles 3
TELL due 12/07

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Lesson
Assignment
12/05
Groupwork: Synthesis
TELL due 12/07

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Lesson
Assignment
12/07
Final Exam prep
Prepare for Lit Circles4
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

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Lesson
Assignment
12/09
Lit Circles 4
None

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Lesson
Assignment
Finals week
Finals week
Final Exam TBA
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